Country superstar Taylor Swift is expanding her business, as she adds a fragrance to her collection of merchandise. The singer has titled her upcoming women’s fragrance “Wonderstruck”, it’s expected to hit retail in October.

Swift has gotten her fragrance title from the lyrics of one of her songs. The *lucky line* is: “I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home.” from “Enchanted” (track of Swift’s 3rd. studio album “Speak Now”)

The fragrance scent is described, on the press release released by Swift’s camp on Friday, as “the flawless beauty of freesia, apple blossom and raspberry. A sweet surprise of blissful vanilla … airy, sun-drenched honeysuckle and white hibiscus … golden amber and sandalwood … with lush peach.”

Swift now joins a team, that only gets larger, of celebrities who have their own fragrance such as pop superstar Britney Spears, socialite Paris Hilton, actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, teen sensation Justin Bieber, reality tv celebrity Kim Kardashian and the No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani.

Due to bronchitis, 4 time Grammy-winning Country superstar Taylor Swift is postponing two concerts of her “Speak Now Tour” in Atlanta, GA and Charlotte, NC.

Swift said to have been advised by her doctor not to perform concerts during this week. The concert in Atlanta is being rescheduled to Oct. 1 and the Charlotte one to Nov. 16. Tickets bought to the original dates will be honored.

MTV News: here’s no doubt that Taylor Swift is on a roll. From the pile of four-star reviews for her just-released third studio album, Speak Now, to the intense interest in the stories behind the songs, the 20-year-old singer is poised to cement her status as one of the biggest young career stars in all of music.

And next Wednesday could provide the icing on the cake. According to industry experts, Swift is on track to easily notch the biggest first-week sales of the year, and possibly even approach one of music’s most elusive achievements: a platinum-selling debut week.

“I’ve been very specific on my point of view from the beginning,” said Scott Borchetta, president and CEO of Swift’s label, Big Machine Label Group. “We shipped 2 million copies this week and we always felt we could do 700,000 to a million.” Late Wednesday, Borchetta said that sales for the week were trending “way north” of 700,000 and depending on how the rest of the week goes, “who knows?”

Either way, he was confident that Speak Now would sell a lot of copies.

Billboard has predicted that Speak Now could sell as many as 800,000-900,000 copies in the week following its release, easily besting the year’s biggest bow to date, Eminem’s Recovery, which moved 741,000.

“Expectations are high, very high,” said Keith Caulfield, senior chart manager and analyst at Billboard, on Wednesday. “Let’s say even though 1 million is possible, even if she doesn’t get that, it will probably sell 800,000 or more, which will give her the give biggest single sales week for an album this year … or last.” Caulfield said the experts Billboard has spoken to are bullish on Swift’s prospects, and they have good reason to be.

“It speaks volumes about how big a star she is and how she can get people engaged by not just buying a single track or concert ticket, but getting consumers to buy a whole album,” he explained. “Considering how many albums she’s sold and the story she’s built and the career she’s had over the past couple of years with her first two albums, it seems like the appropriate reaction.”

Borchetta said the potentially gaudy numbers are a function of both a very careful, thoughtful marketing plan from his label and, more importantly, the strong connection between Swift and her fans. “It’s about the songs for her and Taylor has taught millions of young people to go out and buy CDs,” something that is a rarity in this day of easily accessible downloads from albums often larded with a few gems amid so much chaff. “Taylor doesn’t write throwaways.”

As proof, he noted that earlier this week she had nine of the top 10 singles on iTunes’ country chart. Despite the seemingly risky prospect of flooding the market with more than 2 million CDs, he’s not worried about returns. “Smile and wave,” he said proudly. “They’re gone. We’re already getting re-orders.” And though iTunes does not reveal sales data, Swift also seems on track to set some new high-water marks on Apple’s digital service; at midweek all 14 songs from the album were on iTunes’ top 200 singles list, including 10 in the top 30.

While some artists have come off recent best-selling albums to find soft sales for follow-ups, Caulfield said Swift seems destined to buck that trend because of the way she connects with listeners. “She’s able to engage people in a way that’s different than most other artists,” he noted of Swift, who has created a unique lane with her confessional songwriting and willingness to share her private emotions with her millions of fans. “People feel that she’s speaking from the heart and making a very personal statement. The songs come from her heart and [talk] about her feelings. You feel like you have more of a connection with her than other artists.”

Another unique aspect he pointed to was her youth and ability to straddle both the country and pop worlds by appealing to fans who love Britney Spears and who used to follow Shania Twain, but who also enjoy contemporary country stars like Carrie Underwood. Add in super catchy songs and the Big Machine label’s strategy of getting Speak Now into everywhere from big-box stores and mom-and-pop shops to Hot Topic, Starbucks and maybe even your local 7-Eleven, and the picture starts to come into clear view.

Now, about that 1 million number.

No album has reached that plateau since Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III sold 1,006,000 copies during its first week on shelves back in 2008, and one industry person who doesn’t work for Swift’s label told Caulfield that selling a million copies of an album in a week in 2010 is the equivalent of selling 2.3 million back in 2000. That magic number, the highest first-week tally in the chart’s history, was put up by ‘NSYNC’s No Strings Attached in 2000.

Swift’s last album, Fearless, debuted at #1 in November 2008 with sales of 582,000, going on to move 6 million copies and take the crown for the top seller of 2009.

At the end of the day, though, Borchetta stressed that Swift is not the kind of artist who is obsessed with reading SoundScan sales reports. “She’s certainly aware of those things, but she doesn’t put it in the perspective of having to beat another artist,” he said. “She loves it when she’s successful and is still just as excitable as ever, but when a fan quotes a lyric back to her she just loves it. For her, it’s about her songwriting.”

Check out the tracklisting for Taylor’s upcoming album “Speak Now”:

1. Mine (03:49)
2. Sparks (04:20)
3. Back To December (04:53)
4. Speak Now (04:00)
5. Dear John (06:43)
6. Mean (03:57)
7. The Story Of Us (04:25)
8. Never Grow Up (04:50)
9. Enchanted (05:52)
10. Better Than Revenge (03:37)
11. Innocent (05:02)
12. Haunted (04:02)
13. Last Kiss (06:07)
14. Long Live (05:17)

Check out the official cover of Taylor Swift’s third album “Speak Now” released today by TaylorSwift.com

Big Machine Records released Taylor Swift’s lead single from her third album, “Speak Now”, earlier to iTunes on Wednesday (August 4) after the song, “Mine”, got leaked onto the internet.

The song was scheduled to be released on August 16, but due to the leak they decided to release it earlier. Swift’s new single is already a record-breaker, as the song took only 5 hours to reach the top spot of US iTunes (The previous record, also Swift’s for “Today Was a Fairytale” with 14 hours, selling 350,000 copies on the first week and previously to that Britney Spears’ “3″ in 16 hours selling 254,000 copies on the first week).

“Mine” is also topping the Canadian iTunes.

Be sure to buy the song online and support Taylor!

Check out the cover of “Mine”, Taylor Swift’s next single dropping to Country radio and iTunes on August 16.

Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated third studio album will be released worldwide on October 25th, Taylor herself announced on July 20 during a web chat with her fans.

Entitled SPEAK NOW, the album will be released on Big Machine Records and contains 14 tracks, all written solely by Taylor. Taylor co-produced the project with Nathan Chapman, and the first single from the new record, “Mine,” will be released on August 16th.

“Saying the right thing at the right moment is so crucial that most of us start to hesitate, for fear of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. But lately what I’ve begun to fear more than that is letting the moment pass without saying anything,” Taylor says of the very personal collection that is Speak Now. “These songs are made up of words I didn’t say when the moment was right in front of me. These songs are open letters. Each is written with a specific person in mind, telling them what I meant to tell them in person.”

Starting on August 20th, Speak Now will be available for special pre-sale on the site SpeakNow13.com.

Taylor Swift is featured on The TIME Magazine annual issue of The 100 Most Influential People in The World. The article on her was written by Stevie Nicks, check it out:

When I first got the call from Taylor Swift about performing with her at this year’s Grammy Awards, I really didn’t want to do it. She’s 20 years old, 5 ft. 11 in. and slender; I’m 40 years older and, to be frank, neither of the other two things! I was not about to stand next to this girl on national television. But her little face just lights up like a star, and I couldn’t say no.

Taylor reminds me of myself in her determination and her childlike nature. It’s an innocence that’s so special and so rare. This girl writes the songs that make the whole world sing, like Neil Diamond or Elton John. She sings, she writes, she performs, she plays great guitar. Taylor can do ballads that could be considered pop or rock and then switch back into country. When I turned 20 years old, I had just made the serious decision to never be a dental assistant. Taylor just turned 20, and she’s won four Grammys.

I still walk around singing her song “Today Was a Fairytale.” All of us girls want that boy to pick us up and think that we look beautiful even though we’re in jeans and clogs. We want it at 14, and we want it at 60. Taylor is writing for the universal woman and for the man who wants to know her. The female rock-’n'-roll-country-pop songwriter is back, and her name is Taylor Swift. And it’s women like her who are going to save the music business.

Taylor Swift’s lead-single for her last album “Fearless” has been certified 4x Platinum for being legally downloaded over 4 million times off digital retailers in the U.S. “Love Story” becomes the biggest selling country single from the Billboard digital singles era (since 2005, when digital sales started being officially tracked by Billboard).

“Love Story” became Taylor’s first Top 5 Hot 100 hit and also her first Top 5 Pop radio hit (both peaking at #4). It also enjoyed success internationally and peaked in the Top 3 in some countries including: Australia (#1), Ireland, UK, Japan, New Zealand and Canada.

CONGRATULATIONS TAYLOR!